The relation between hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity and age of onset of alcohol use

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 312-322

  Evans, Brittany E ^a,c   Greaves Lord, Kirstin ^a   Euser, Anja S ^a,b   Franken, Ingmar H A ^b   Huizink, Anja C ^c,d,e  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Alcohol use; Cortisol; Diurnal cortisol; HPA axis; Stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NETHERLANDS; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; SELF DISCLOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA; SELF DISCLOSURE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855921110     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03568.x     Document Type: Article

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